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Veteran Tight End Brandon Myers Is A Buccaneer

March 11th, 2014

Depth, experience, durability and production were added to the Bucs’ tight end corps today with the signing of former Giants and Raiders tight end Brandon Myers. He caught 126 balls over the past two seasons, including 47 catches for 522 yards with New York last year.

A sixth-round pick of Oakland in 2009, Myers blossomed in 2012 and bolted for the Giants where he earned $2.25 million last season in the first year of a four-year deal. The Giants cut him and now he’s a Buccaneer.

ESPN reports he’ll earn a $2 million this year with the Bucs.

Joe can’t speak much for Myers’ blocking, but he is a bigger body at 6-4, 250 pounds. With Myers, Wright and Tom Crabtree, and Luke Stocker in the final year of his four-year rookie deal, the Bucs at least have a diverse mix of experience and talent at the position.

sounds kinda like what luke stocker was supposed to be but never was. i guess when you’re planning to cut darelle revis you can do awesome stuff like pay $2 million to a TE you hope is #3 on your depth chart when the season begins.

KansasBuc and Patrick, I don’t see Ware as a fit in Lovie’s defense. And IMHO, they’d be better off signing two or three d-linemen for the same salary that Allen would command. The Seattle approach of rotating multiple linemen is the in-vogue movement, and I think we’ll see the Bucs line with eight or nine solid players (not counting Bowers) by training camp. With the addition of Michael Johnson and Clinton Bennett to go with McCoy, Clayborn, Gholston, and if you count Spence, that gives them six players serviceable or better at the moment.

I’ll be surprised if any more additions bigger than the contract they gave Johnson are added.

I like this guy, good pass catcher. Yes, Stocker is gone. Maneri the 280 pounder will be the blocking TE. Have to wait and see if Crabtree stays or not. Are they going to convert Wright to WR the position he played in college? Time will tell.

^ Unlikely Wright could compete at WR lining up against CBs. Not enough speed. I imagine he’ll remain what he is – a receiving TE. Who knows how Tedford plans to use TEs in the offense though? Supposedly the Bucs were going after Garrett Graham. I wonder if that’s still in the works.